Instant Pot beer cheese soup is a great German meal that’s sure to be a hit in your house too. Served with pretzel rolls, it’s our favorite.

Have you tried Instant Pot beer cheese soup yet? I’ve had it in restaurants and OH MY is it good. Now you too can make it as an easy Instant Pot recipe in your home year round. (affiliate links present, originally published 1/21)
Ninja Foodi Beer Cheese Soup
Yes I have made and shared a ton of Instant Pot soup recipes here on The Typical Mom blog. Some are healthy and others are just pure comfort food (don’t count the calories, just enjoy it). This is one of those. Grab some pretzel rolls and just dig in y’all.
You can make this in any electric pressure cooker you have including a Crockpot Express or Ninja Foodi works well too. If you wanted to make this on the stovetop you could follow our broccoli beer cheese soup instead.
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- Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
- Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
- This is a great InstaPot cookbook and a set of wooden utensils are great to grab too.
- I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should still deglaze pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.
For reference, this is the pressure cooker I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.

Beer Cheese Soup with Ground Beef
This is what you’re going to need to make this ultra comfort food:
- Spicy ground sausage – I use Jimmy Dean, yes you could omit but OH MY is this a great addition. Ground beef works too
- Olive oil
- Diced onion
- Garlic
- Beer
- Lots of cheese
- Dijon mustard – add more or less at the end to your liking, I like more than my hubby
- Milk
- Half and half
- Green onions can be sprinkled on the top
Then for a thickener at the end you can make a sort of roux by mixing cornstarch or flour with a bit of liquid.

Beer Cheese Soup Instant Pot
As far as what beer to use, I light a lighter version. For more of a German soup you may want a darker style. Believe me, even with this lighter version you can definitely taste it. Here are a few questions you might have before you get started:
Yep! I mean I guess you could substitute broth but then it wouldn’t really called BEER soup now would it.
Absolutely. Once it is cool, pour it into an airtight container. Store it in the freezer for up to 3 months, it’s best reheated and consumed by then.
Since there’s not really any pressure cooking going on to cook this, you could easily make it on the stovetop too. You’re only using the saute function to brown the meat, warm ingredients and thicken at the end.

Broccoli Beer Cheese Soup Instant Pot
You could add small frozen broccoli florets in there too. An option. Not all people want meat in it either. If you’d rather have a vegetarian version you can definitely leave the sausage out. I love the spicy nature of the Jimmy Dean style I buy and think it adds a lot of flavor.
Of course always remember when you saute meat that you should deglaze at the end. That means to scrape off the pieces stuck to the bottom of the pot. If not you may trigger the burn notice.
And the amount of shredded cheese will vary quite a bit depending on your taste buds, we like a lot. Sharp cheddar is what we like but you could use a mild cheddar cheese too.

Pressure Cooker Beer Cheese Soup
You should adjust the amount of mustard you add as well. I like a lot more and stronger flavor than my husband. Dijon is best. Some have used mustard powder in their recipes but I just don’t think that’s the same. There is no high pressure timing required for this. Here’s a quick rundown, you can print recipe below
- Set pot to saute and add olive oil, ground sausage and diced onions. Brown until sausage is no longer pink and onions have softened.
- Add garlic and cook 1 more minute together. Turn pot off now.
- Pour some of your beer into the pot.
- Use wood spatula to deglaze and scrape any stuck on meat off bottom of the pot.
- Pour in rest of beer. Set to saute again.
- When it bubbles add mustard and gradually add shredded cheese. Stir until it is melted.
- In a bowl whisk together milk and flour until smooth. Wait until it bubbles again, then add flour/milk mixture. Stir so it doesn’t clump up in soup.
- Then add half and half and stir. Allow to bubble. If you like it this texture turn pot off and serve. If you want it thicker add some of your hot liquid from pot into a bowl with cornstarch.
- Whisk until smooth and add that back in. Allow to bubble and thicken and serve.
It doesn’t take long to make this at all. Serve as a light lunch, appetizer or dinner served with pull apart bread.

That’s right, you don’t even have to secure the lid or use the pressure cooker function for this. I just used saute to meld all the flavors together and thicken at the end.
What goes well with beer cheese?
I think you really only need some bread in air fryer with this to make it a complete meal everyone will love. The most popular is this 3 ingredient beer bread of course!
Whether you choose air fryer garlic bread, simple dinner rolls or just throw some refrigerated biscuits in the oven. They all work well for a quick meal.

Does beer cheese need to be refrigerated?
Once it has cooled down to room temperature you should store in airtight containers and store in the fridge. Then reheat in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second intervals stirring in between cook times. This is how to freeze soup if you need to save it longer too.
We have also made beer cheese dip that is fantastic and always a hit with a crowd. Store this covered with plastic wrap covering the top entirely so it doesn’t dry out exposed to the air when cooled down.
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Instant Pot Beer Cheese Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 lb ground sausage spicy, Jimmy dean roll
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 16 oz beer
- 1.5 tbsp dijon mustard
- 2 c cheese sharp cheddar, shredded
- 1 c milk 2% or whole
- 1 c half and half
- 1/4 c flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch optional to thicken further
Instructions
- Set pot to saute and add olive oil, ground sausage and diced onions. Brown until sausage is no longer pink and onions have softened. Add garlic and cook 1 more minute together. Turn pot off now.
- Pour some of your beer into the pot. Use wood spatula to deglaze and scrape any stuck on meat off bottom of the pot.
- Pour in rest of beer. Set to saute again. When it bubbles add mustard and shredded cheese. Stir until it is melted. In a bowl whisk together milk and flour until smooth.
- Wait until it bubbles again, then add flour/milk mixture. Stir so it doesn't clump up in soup.
- Then add half and half and stir. Allow to bubble. If you like it this texture turn pot off and serve. If you want it thicker add some of your hot liquid from pot into a bowl with cornstarch. Whisk until smooth and add that back in. Allow to bubble and thicken and serve.
Trista
Wednesday 19th of October 2022
OMG! So good I made it vegetarian with beyond meat sausage but this is a make again.
The Typical Mom
Thursday 20th of October 2022
Oh good to know it's great with that too!!